Many thanks for your thoughts and advice.
It is, as you say, very early days but I have noted a reduction in blood glucose so I will monitor as you suggest and not stress overly about the calories.
Having given up smoking a few months ago and now tackling sugar, I don’t really want another thing to contend with.
Thanks again. It has indeed helped.
Totally agree @Guzzler. I never count calories or even fats I only count carbs and in 5 months I have lost now 18 kilos and and eating like a horse. My HbA1c down from 78 to 33 and my cholstrole form 4 to 3.This can sometimes cause a little controversy but I will give you my opinion for what it is worth.
I have never counted a calorie in my life.
The calories in carbs are not the same as the calories from fats, carbs and fats are metabolised on a different pathway. CICO (Calories In Calories Out) is a flawed concept because the maths simply do not add up (See Dr. Zoe Harcombe on youtube for more details).
The priority for those newly diagnosed or new to lowering carb intake should be improved blood glucose levels management rather than calorie restriction for weight loss because oftentimes a lowered intake of carbs results in weight loss anyway.
My advice to you is to keep noting your calorie intake but do not stress about it at this (very) early stage.
Hope this helps.
Totally agree @Guzzler. I never count calories or even fats I only count carbs and in 5 months I have lost now 18 kilos and and eating like a horse. My HbA1c down from 78 to 33 and my cholstrole form 4 to 3.
I had spent a lifetime on low calorie low fat diets and just got fatter and fatter.
3 years on LCHF.. I've lost nearly 3 stones. reversed my fatty liver and can easily maintain my weight without counting a calorie at all. I'm hardly ever hungry and feel better than I've done in years.
It works for lots of us.
Concentrate on improving your BG and weight loss will be a bonus.
Congratulations on giving up the ciggies, I wish I could. Glad to see you are already seeing an improvement in your bg levels.
Just as an added incentive, smoking has been shown to raise bg in some people so carry on the great work.
Most of us find that carbs are the thing that makes fatty liver worse, particularly fructose. Dietary Fat has been demonised for no good reason. We need at least some fat in our diets but we don't need carbs at all. Good luckThanks for this Daisy. I too have a fatty liver and hope I will be able to improve it but unsure if the amount of fat I am eating on my new dietary intake will hinder that. Still, if it has worked for you then it gives me hope
I had spent a lifetime on low calorie low fat diets and just got fatter and fatter.
3 years on LCHF.. I've lost nearly 3 stones. reversed my fatty liver and can easily maintain my weight without counting a calorie at all. I'm hardly ever hungry and feel better than I've done in years.
It works for lots of us.
Concentrate on improving your BG and weight loss will be a bonus.
My own personal experience, after 6+ years of being a type 2 diet controlled diabetic, is that, for me, calories matter to avoid putting weight on.Hello
Have just begun the low carb program and filled in my first food diary. Carbs are good at 66 but calories are at 1637 which is way more than I would need in the normal course of events. If carbs are good do the calories matter?
A typical day would be a bulletproof coffee for "breakfast" That's coffee with double cream and coconut oilHi can you tell me Orr msg me your food plan roughly I’m so interested but clueless
Thanks for posting.Aseem Malhotra on calories. About eight minutes.
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